http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with legal news that matters en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205472,myspace-wins-230-million-dollars-from-spam-king.html San Francisco - Social networking site MySpace has won a 230 million dollar judgment against notorious spammer Sanford Wallace and his partner Walter Rines. But collecting the fine could be difficult - the duo failed to appear in court and their wher... Legal,General Wed, 14 May 2008 15:49:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205472,myspace-wins-230-million-dollars-from-spam-king.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205130, spanish-court-lifts-indictment-against-us-soldiers--summary.html Madrid - Spain's National Court on Tuesday lifted the indictment of three US soldiers for the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso, who was killed when a US tank fired at a Baghdad hotel where journalists were staying in April 2003 during the Iraq w... Legal,General Tue, 13 May 2008 14:02:11 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205130, spanish-court-lifts-indictment-against-us-soldiers--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204915,us-high-court-wont-block-south-africa-apartheid-lawsuits.html Washington - The US Supreme Court decided Monday to not block a lawsuit filed by South African apartheid victims against corporations accused of doing business with the country under decades of white rule. Four Supreme Court justices recused themself... Legal,General Mon, 12 May 2008 19:01:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204915,us-high-court-wont-block-south-africa-apartheid-lawsuits.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203889,microsoft-wins-legal-msn-battle-in-netherlands.html Amterdam - The court in The Hague ruled on Wednesday that Microsoft is the legal owner of all domain names containing the word MSNLOCK. Two weeks ago Microsoft filed a lawsuit against the Dutch company Unicaresoft. Unicaresoft recently developed a pr... Legal,General Wed, 07 May 2008 16:10:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203889,microsoft-wins-legal-msn-battle-in-netherlands.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203561,eu-takes-italy-to-court-over-rubbish-crisis.html Brussels - The European Commission said Tuesday it was taking Italy to court over the country's perceived mishandling of the rubbish crisis in its Campania region around Naples. In a statement, the European Union's executive said it was referring Ita... Legal,General Tue, 06 May 2008 14:11:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203561,eu-takes-italy-to-court-over-rubbish-crisis.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203334,court-tells-volvo-dealer-to-compensate-german-with-big-feet.html Wiesloch, Germany - A German judge has ordered a Volvo dealer to compensate a man with big feet because there was not enough space around his new car's accelerator pedal, a court spokesman said Monday. The man, a travelling salesman, sought and won a... Legal,General Mon, 05 May 2008 17:25:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203334,court-tells-volvo-dealer-to-compensate-german-with-big-feet.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202819,un-prosecutor-appeals-acquittal-of-kosovo-leader-haradinaj.html The Hague - Chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz launched Friday an appeal against the acquittal by the UN war crimes tribunal of accused Kosovo war criminal Ramush Haradinaj. In his appeal, Brammertz said The Hague-based Tribunal for War Crimes in the F... Legal,General Fri, 02 May 2008 11:28:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202819,un-prosecutor-appeals-acquittal-of-kosovo-leader-haradinaj.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202436,bosnian-muslim-war-criminal-zijad-kurtovic-jailed-for-11-years.html Sarajevo - The War Crimes Chamber of Bosnia-Herzegovina's state Court in Sarajevo on Wednesday sentenced Bosnian Muslim Zijad Kurtovic to 11 years jail for war crimes against Bosnian Croats during the 1992-1995 war. Kurtovic, 41, was found guilty of ... Legal,General Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:21:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202436,bosnian-muslim-war-criminal-zijad-kurtovic-jailed-for-11-years.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202433,greek-islanders-from-lesvos-take-gay-rights-group-to-court.html Athens - A group of Greek islanders have taken a gay rights group to court for using the word lesbian in its official name, reports said Wednesday. The three islanders from the Aegean island of Lesvos filed a lawsuit against the Homosexual and Lesbi... Legal,General Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:15:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202433,greek-islanders-from-lesvos-take-gay-rights-group-to-court.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202409,germany-accepts-international-court-verdicts-as-binding.html Berlin - Germany is to accept verdicts of the International Court of Justice in The Hague as binding, the 66th nation to do so, the Foreign Ministry in Berlin said Wednesday. The new position was adopted by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet earlier ... Legal,General Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:21:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202409,germany-accepts-international-court-verdicts-as-binding.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202161,one-bosnian-croat-and-two-serbs-sentenced-for-war-crimes.html Sarajevo - The War Crimes Chamber of Bosnia-Herzegovina's state Court Tuesday in Sarajevo found Bosnian Croat Pasko Ljubicic guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to 10 years jail. The verdict was reached on the basis of a plea agreement between Lju... Legal,General Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:32:08 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202161,one-bosnian-croat-and-two-serbs-sentenced-for-war-crimes.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202052,philippine-lawyer-sues-pope-benedict-xvi-manila-archbishop.html Manila - A Philippine lawyer on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint against Pope Benedict XVI and Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales for allegedly disturbing peace and violating human rights of non-Catholics. In his complaint before the Manila prosec... Legal,General Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:25:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202052,philippine-lawyer-sues-pope-benedict-xvi-manila-archbishop.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201877,iraqi-interpreter-opts-for-divorce-over-court-case-report-says.html Copenhagen - An Iraqi interpreter, who was recently granted asylum in Denmark, has opted to divorce one of his two wives rather than face a legal case, his lawyer said Monday. The family services department at the Justice Ministry earlier April said ... Legal,General Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:28:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201877,iraqi-interpreter-opts-for-divorce-over-court-case-report-says.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201411,german-trader-acquitted-on-charge-of-nuclear-aid-to-pakistan.html Marburg, Germany - A German trader, 60, who was alleged to have helped Pakistan make nuclear weapons was acquitted Friday with judges in Germany ruling the case had not been satisfactorily proved. Prosecutors had admitted at the close of the trial th... Legal,General Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:27:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201411,german-trader-acquitted-on-charge-of-nuclear-aid-to-pakistan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201338,germany-appoints-jurist-44-to-senior-judicial-post.html Berlin - A 44-year-old legal scholar, Andreas Vosskuhle, was elected Friday to a judgeship that puts him on track to later become one of the youngest men ever to hold Germany's top judicial position. In a unanimous vote in the Bundesrat upper chamber... Legal,General Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:25:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201338,germany-appoints-jurist-44-to-senior-judicial-post.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201201,czech-court-asked-to-review-eu-reform-treaty.html Prague - Czech lawmakers Thursday asked the nation's Constitutional Court to review the European Union Reform Treaty, reflecting a euro-sceptic stance by Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's party. The Senate voted 48-22 to have the high court rule wheth... Legal,General Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:06:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201201,czech-court-asked-to-review-eu-reform-treaty.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201144,russia-to-pay-over-300000-dollars-in-damages-to-13.html Strasbourg - The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ordered Russia to pay a total of 195,000 euros (306,000 dollars) in damages to 12 Uzbeks and one Kyrgyz national for threatening to send them to Uzbekistan where they would face tortur... Legal,General Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:04:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201144,russia-to-pay-over-300000-dollars-in-damages-to-13.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201038,italian-bank-unicredit-wins-german-case-against-rebel-investors.html Munich - Italian bank UniCredit won a major court battle Thursday in Germany against rebel shareholders who objected to aspects of its 2005 takeover of major German bank HypoVereinsbank. The state court in Munich said there was no reason to block a s... Legal,General Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:42:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201038,italian-bank-unicredit-wins-german-case-against-rebel-investors.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200907,czech-choirmaster-convicted-of-sexually-abusing-underage-singers.html Prague - A choirmaster of a world-acclaimed Czech children's choir was found guilty Wednesday of sexually abusing 40 of his underage charges, a court said. The County Court in Hradec Kralove sentenced Bohumil Kulinsky, 48, formerly of renown Bambini ... Legal,General Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:27:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200907,czech-choirmaster-convicted-of-sexually-abusing-underage-singers.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200824,khmer-rouge-hearing-adjourned-attorney-warned.html Phnom Penh - A hearing for former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan was unexpectedly adjourned Wednesday with the Cambodian genocide tribunal warning his attorney. Well-known French lawyer Jacques Verges - who has gained fame by representing su... Legal,General Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:30:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200824,khmer-rouge-hearing-adjourned-attorney-warned.html